Local Youth Selected For Elk Hunt Bags Large Bull

JT Vincent poses with a 4x4 Bull Elk killed in Bell County, KY.

JT Vincent, 15, of Chalybeate, was drawn in the July Elk Hunt Draw Lottery by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.  He was chosen to hunt a bull elk with a firearm during the second firearm season, which was October 10-16.  

On Sunday, October 11th, he shot a 4 x 4 elk at 248 yards with a 7mm Magnum.  JT's guide said that in his several years of guiding he has only had one other hunter take an elk at a farther distance.  JT was with his dad, hunting on public land in Bell county called "Elk Forest wildlife management area."

JT is a sophomore at ECHS and is the son of Tom and Laura Grace Vincent of Chalybeate.